1990 Spanish Grand Prix
The Grand Prix of Spain 1990 took place on 30 September in Jerez de la Frontera and was the 14th race of the Formula 1 season 1990.
- 3.1 qualifying
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
As a replacement for the injured Alex Caffi Bernd Schneider returned one last time back to Formula 1. Otherwise, were the same pilots who had previously contested the Grand Prix of Portugal at the weekend, also the last European race of the season in Spain.
During the weekend, Alain Prost has frequently expressed negative about the Scuderia Ferrari, which led to resentment in the team.
Training
The pre-qualification on Friday morning was scheduled so early that prevailed at the time of the intended nor darkness.
During the qualifying sessions in the afternoon Martin Donnelly struck with his Lotus 102 as a result of suspension damage so violently into the barriers one that the entire front of the car shattered properly to the roll bar. Donnelly was together with its seat motionless on the track. He has been associated with severe leg injuries, which meant the end of his Formula 1 career, in a hospital. That he survived the accident, was referred to in some media as a "miracle of Jerez ". That Ayrton Senna reached the pole position in his Formula 1 career for the fiftieth time, was the face of these events is of minor importance. His best lap was more than four tenths below that of the second-placed Alain Prost. Nigel Mansell and Jean Alesi formed the third row in front of Gerhard Berger and Riccardo Patrese.
Race
While Senna took the lead ahead of Prost and Mansell, Berger attempted between Alesi and Patrese through to reach the fourth. He succeeded though, led to a spin Alesis.
While Prost and Mansell were able to keep the connection to the leader Senna, came Berger, who started with a relatively hard compound tire, under pressure through him subsequent competitors who lined up behind him. Among them were both Williams and Benetton both pilots.
During the pit stops succeeded Prost, with the support of Mansell to overtake Senna. Nelson Piquet, who had completed no pit stop, at this time was in the lead. Due to a mistake, however, he was overtaken by just two laps later Prost and Senna. After that, he was a few laps on the third place, before he had to retire on lap 41. Around the same time Senna was slower, so Mansell was able to catch. Two laps later the Brazilian had to retire. Later it was found that the radiator had been damaged in Senna's car through a piece of wreckage, whereby liquid got on the rear tires.
Prost and Mansell achieved a double victory for Ferrari. Alessandro Nannini took third place ahead of Thierry Boutsen, Riccardo Patrese and Aguri Suzuki, whose team Larrousse was as usual not considered due to the not manufactured in -house production chassis with the assignment of points for the Constructors' World Championship.
Message list
Classifications
Qualifying
Race
WM stands after the race
The first six of the race were 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s).